Entries tagged ‘Kenya’
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Nairobi’s Future Success Demands a Mixture of Competence and Caring
Good government won’t be enough — for the city to prosper, its citizenry must be caring and inclusive, as well. Read a summary of the futures scenarios created at Nairobi’s Informal City Dialogues.
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The Fixers Who Helped Tell the Story of the Informal City, and Live It Every Day
Our writer in Nairobi never could have done his job without the help of his two fixers. In his final blog post, he lets them tell their stories, which are both incredible and thoroughly common.
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The World’s Only Game Reserve Within a Major City is Threatened With Extinction
Nairobi National Park has managed to hold the line against decades of urbanization, but multiple development plans may signal the beginning of the end.
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Green, Lush and Carefully Tended, Nairobi’s Famous Nurseries are Losing Ground
Small nurseries on public land earned Nairobi the nickname “Green City in the Sun.” But developers, with the help of corrupt government officials, are quickly paving them over.
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Treating Diseases, Both Real and Imagined, With Herbs and a Pinch of Magic
The witch doctors and herbalists of Nairobi’s informal health care sector say they can treat almost anything, including a few diseases that don’t exist.
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#Help! Kenyans Tweet Their Emergencies, and Ambulances Arrive Within Minutes
With the national “911” service suspended, Twitter has become one of the most effective ways to quickly summon emergency services in Nairobi.
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The Improvisers: Youth Unemployment in Nairobi
Is a city with 80 percent youth unemployment sustainable? In the fifth Forefront of the Informal City Dialogues, Abigail Higgins explores a city where formal jobs are vanishing.
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A Donated Shirt’s Journey from Western Charity to African Commodity
That American Eagle shirt you sent to Kenya isn’t given away for free. Inside the elaborate supply chain that fuels Nairobi’s informal markets.
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Is Slum Tourism Wrong? Kibera’s Residents Voice Their Opinions
From favelas in Rio to townships in Joburg, sight-seeing tours of informal settlements are on the rise. Our blogger asks residents of Nairobi’s largest informal settlement how they feel about the practice.
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No Recess for Informal Schools During Kenyan Teachers’ Strike
As schools shut down across the country, slum-based classrooms like Emily Nyongesa’s keep churning out lessons for a fraction of the price of formal education.
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